April 1949 issue

April 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake?

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Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)

John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)

James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)

Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)

Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)

Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)

Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”

Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”

Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)

Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”

John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”

Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)

Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)

Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)

Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frank Ward, “The Deadliest Bride in Town!”

Fredric Brown, “To Slay a Man About a Dog!”

Larry Holden, “The Expendable Ex”

Joel Townsley Rogers, “When the Devil God Smiled”

R.M.F. Joses, Tee Lady Takes a Powder”

Frank Huepper, “Tough Guy” (Shannon)

Joseph V. Hickey, “Three for the Kill”

Dave Crockett, “Death Grip”

Dennis Wiegand, “Nobody Loves a Cop”

April 15, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

April 15, 1934 issue

cover art by John Howitt

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Carroll John Daly, “Make Your Own Corpse!” (Vee Brown)

Maxwell Hawkins, “Death from Down Under” (Jones & Jones)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Silver Doom” (Oke Oakley)

April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “The Man From Limbo”

William Campbell Gault, “There’s Got to be an Angle”

Frederick C. Davis, “The Deadly Double”

Westmoreland Gray, “One Head Shorter”

Rufus Bakalor, “Tailspin Cutie”

John Bender, “She Wouldn’t Stay Dead”

John Lawrence, “Music from Hell”

Coretta Slavsky, “Relax and Regret”

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders (note his name in reverse on the door)

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Robert Martin, “A Shroud in Her Trousseau” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “Up in Murder’s Room”

John D. MacDonald, “Too Many Sinners”

Russell Branch, “Mayhem in her Madness”

Francis Hamilton, “Cheez-it, the Cops”

Don Campbell, “A Sap Takes the Rap”

Jhan Robbins, “Tin-Lazy Houdini”

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1946 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “Gee-Gee Doublecross” (Mr. Maddox)

C.William Harrison, “The Bones of Barnaby Bliss” (Hannibal Smith)

Dale Clark, “Better Late Than Cadaver” (High Price)

Julius Long, “Chicanery Row” (C.D. Mort)

Robert C. Dennis, “Dial Your Own Murder” 

May 1947 issue

May 1947 issue

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto

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Robert Martin, “Death Under Par”

Thorne Lee, “Married to Murder”

D.L. Champion, “Suitable for Framing” (Mariano Mercado)

Ken Greene, “A Red-Headed Clue”

Larry Holden, “A Corpse to his Credit”

Arthur Leo Zagat, “Grim Reaper’s Model”